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we heard from pentagon spokes mangonel it will who used "absurdity" multiple times talking about the threat from sequestration. republicans on capitol hill have accused the president of leading from behind and not tackling the issue head on. i spoke with senator john mccain late today who said he is having conversations with colleagues, trying to find an alternative. but at this point, there has not been a deal struck. bottom line, concern about the $1 million jobs related to the defense industry. national security is at stake. if a deal is not truck. layoff notices will go out to defense contractors in related businesses. sometime around election day. bret? >> bret: number of democrats and defense secretary expressed concern as well. mike, thank you. one in five seniors has a mental health or substance abuse problem. that is the conclusion of a new report that says aging baby boomers are having a hard time finding care for problems such as depression. it says the country is woefully lacking in healthcare worker, trained for mental health needs of older americans. now to another powe
we heard from pentagon spokes mangonel it will who used "absurdity" multiple times talking about the threat from sequestration. republicans on capitol hill have accused the president of leading from behind and not tackling the issue head on. i spoke with senator john mccain late today who said he is having conversations with colleagues, trying to find an alternative. but at this point, there has not been a deal struck. bottom line, concern about the $1 million jobs related to the...
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the pentagon spokesman downplaying the comments, saying it's the pentagon's job to prepare for any potential crisis around the world. good news for people who are looking to buy a home. fixed mortgage rates dropped again on thursday. the average for a 15-year loan is 3.13%, the lowest it's ever been and the 30-year average is close to a record low, after dipping to 3.88%. home prices are still falling but the super-low interest rates are leading to more sales. now back to "on the record." and for all of your headlines, log on to foxnews.com. does the united states need permission from the community to take action on syria. secretary panetta said the obama administration would seek approval. really what about the united states congress. paneta sparring with sessions in a hearing. >> we spend time worring about u.n. and arab league and too little time worrying about the elected representative in the united states. will you consult with the congress and do you think that you can act without congress to initiate a no fly wrone in congress without congressional approval? >> our goal would be to s
the pentagon spokesman downplaying the comments, saying it's the pentagon's job to prepare for any potential crisis around the world. good news for people who are looking to buy a home. fixed mortgage rates dropped again on thursday. the average for a 15-year loan is 3.13%, the lowest it's ever been and the 30-year average is close to a record low, after dipping to 3.88%. home prices are still falling but the super-low interest rates are leading to more sales. now back to "on the...
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a new york times columnist quotes william perry saying that if he were in the pentagon he would recommend military invention. madeleine albright, also. nick burns, same thing. it is getting a little late. is the obama administration making a mistake? >> easy for them to say. first of all, the sanctions that they have been posed are working. they proposed new sanctions. the foreign-exchange holdings the syrians had are virtually gone, and they've gone to the the russians have said how are you going to pay it back? that is the problem -- the trouble they're in now. now, weigh that against the carnage that is taking place on the ground, and of course, the longer you wait, the worse it gets on the ground. you cannot say the status quo is holding for the syrians. they are in trouble and they're about to collapse. >> nick burns is quoted, the former state department official, saying arab states are asking where is the united>> where are the arab states in this? it is a middle east problem. is turkey going to come in on our side? they would not come in our side for iraq. they have no stomach for
a new york times columnist quotes william perry saying that if he were in the pentagon he would recommend military invention. madeleine albright, also. nick burns, same thing. it is getting a little late. is the obama administration making a mistake? >> easy for them to say. first of all, the sanctions that they have been posed are working. they proposed new sanctions. the foreign-exchange holdings the syrians had are virtually gone, and they've gone to the the russians have said how are...
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this afternoon, defense secretary leon panetta releases the pentagon's proposed budget for fiscal year 2013. they think it'll reduce spending by $265 billion over five years and reduce soldiers by 80,000. w
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and there's a current study going on right now in the pentagon as a follow-on to the new start treaty as to where we can go next. there's a debate whether we should go lower than that treaty, which capped our stockpile at 1,550 warheads. some people say we should go lower. that's the administration's stance. a couple weeks ago, jim miller, who is a pentagon official, said he believes we could maintain our security with potentially smaller numbers. so that's the direction we're going. there's a lot of republicans that feel we need to put the brakes on that, make sure we're modernizing and make sure what we have is safe and taken care of. there's a tremendous debate going on in congress about what is the right path forward and some of the budget cutbacks have not really helped the administration's case recently. >> glenn, democratic caller from vermont, good morning. >> caller: thank you for making my call. >> please go ahead. >> caller: todd, i was wondering what your knowledge is on broken arrow incidents and what current effort on the part of the d.o.d. is to monitor those sites and
and there's a current study going on right now in the pentagon as a follow-on to the new start treaty as to where we can go next. there's a debate whether we should go lower than that treaty, which capped our stockpile at 1,550 warheads. some people say we should go lower. that's the administration's stance. a couple weeks ago, jim miller, who is a pentagon official, said he believes we could maintain our security with potentially smaller numbers. so that's the direction we're going. there's a...
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the man from the pentagon who disagrees, making the pentagon's case on this matter, assistant secretary of defense, douglas wilson, thank you for being here. i appreciate the chance to talk with you about this. >> thank you for having me, i appreciate it. >> i think new york would go ahead with the parade to mark the end of the iraq war if the pentagon were saying no, don't do it. what is the harm? why are you stopping this from happening? >> rachel, i think we do need to have a conversation in this country about how to properly honor and welcome home those who served on the battlefield but i think we're having the wrong conversation. we're having a conversation about a major ticker tape parade in new york whether the giants, the new york giants deserve it and those who served in iraq do not, a very specious argument. >> i didn't say anything about the giants. >> i want to make the point that in terms of the new york ticker tape parade, those who were winding down the war in afghanistan are military leaders and troops who are fighting there, made clear last fall that they thought it was
the man from the pentagon who disagrees, making the pentagon's case on this matter, assistant secretary of defense, douglas wilson, thank you for being here. i appreciate the chance to talk with you about this. >> thank you for having me, i appreciate it. >> i think new york would go ahead with the parade to mark the end of the iraq war if the pentagon were saying no, don't do it. what is the harm? why are you stopping this from happening? >> rachel, i think we do need to have...
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pentagon says it was not saying that at all. now that is cleared up, can we have a parade? no. no, apparently we still can't. the rest of the quote from that same spokesman after he said it wouldn't harm our efforts in afghanistan but we feel it would be in appropriate at this time given ongoing deployment and combat operations there, meaning afghanistan. same arguments being made by assistant secretary of defense, he was on npr yesterday. >> the iraq vets who now fighting on the battlefield in afghanistan and the feeling was that the appropriate time to have a national new york-style ticker tape parade was the time when combat troops were back home. >> to be clear, the iraq war is over. the idea is to hold a parade to mark the end of that specific war. not to mark the end of war altogether. military officer a decorated combat veteran of iraq and afghanistan wrote to me today on the subject to say this. if they are waiting until combat ops are over in afghanistan, who is to say this won't be another conflict somewhere else at th
pentagon says it was not saying that at all. now that is cleared up, can we have a parade? no. no, apparently we still can't. the rest of the quote from that same spokesman after he said it wouldn't harm our efforts in afghanistan but we feel it would be in appropriate at this time given ongoing deployment and combat operations there, meaning afghanistan. same arguments being made by assistant secretary of defense, he was on npr yesterday. >> the iraq vets who now fighting on the...
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the pentagon is bringing the negotiating team home to the u.s. urian markets gained and then retreated after announcement of $125 billion bail-out for spain's banks. officials are portraying it as a bid to contain the continent widening recession and financial crisis felt around the world. here at home, markets were significantly down. the dow lost 143. the s&p 500 dropped 17. nasdaq off 49. the white house is in damage control. president people trying to dig their way out of the comment friday about the health of the private sector cheech white house correspondent ed henry has today's efforts. >> as president obama continues to take heat declaring the private sector is doing fine. white house spokesman carney today suggested the problem is the media took the comment out of context, not highlighting the public sector layoffs. >> in the recovery that has seen 4.3 million jobs in the private sector created. it's seen massive layoff of teachers, firefighters and police officers, reduction in the public sector. that it was context he was seeking. >>
the pentagon is bringing the negotiating team home to the u.s. urian markets gained and then retreated after announcement of $125 billion bail-out for spain's banks. officials are portraying it as a bid to contain the continent widening recession and financial crisis felt around the world. here at home, markets were significantly down. the dow lost 143. the s&p 500 dropped 17. nasdaq off 49. the white house is in damage control. president people trying to dig their way out of the comment...
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the pentagon gives them two options. do nothing or go along and establish the no-fly zone. obama asks if we do the no-fly zone is that going to save the people in benghazi. he's marching through the desert. so obama sees this as just political cover. and he gets -- he solicits opinions around the room and outside from people who aren't the important people. and a number of those people have a view that really we should be thinking about genocide as a national security issue. it may not seem like a national security issue whether we let these million people be exterminated but it creates a mood when you can prevent that from happening. these things in libya now may be much worse if we don't encourage our friends and walk the walk and not just talk the talk. obama says to them come back in two hours with an actual solution to the problem so we can consider it. they come back. >> two hours later. >> i have a dinner. i'll be back in two hours. meanwhile, he's planning the attack on osama bin laden's compound, he has a million things going on. this is a sliver of the presidency.
the pentagon gives them two options. do nothing or go along and establish the no-fly zone. obama asks if we do the no-fly zone is that going to save the people in benghazi. he's marching through the desert. so obama sees this as just political cover. and he gets -- he solicits opinions around the room and outside from people who aren't the important people. and a number of those people have a view that really we should be thinking about genocide as a national security issue. it may not seem...
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officials at the pentagon skeptical of involvement in syria. according to one senior official, leon panetta thinks it would exacerbate problems. the obama administration will squeeze the assad regime through sanctions. >>> the obama administration's defending a war time policy to target and killed american citizens overseas who they say pose a terrorist threat here at home. in the speech from northwestern university yesterday, eric holder laid out the government's justification for taking bold, deadly action against u.s.-born suspects. holder says the administration is willing to strike if the target poses an imminent danger and capture is not possible. the attorney general alluded anwar al-alwaki who was killed by a drone five months ago. born in new mexico, he was tied to several terror plots including attempted bombing of a passenger jet on christmas, 2009. holder's comments yesterday followed requests from several news organizations to obtain the government's legal justification for the attack on that cleric. his teenage son was killed in a
officials at the pentagon skeptical of involvement in syria. according to one senior official, leon panetta thinks it would exacerbate problems. the obama administration will squeeze the assad regime through sanctions. >>> the obama administration's defending a war time policy to target and killed american citizens overseas who they say pose a terrorist threat here at home. in the speech from northwestern university yesterday, eric holder laid out the government's justification for...
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the pentagon has been working on this, this has been a priority for you as well. at what point is the department of defense going to come into the 21st century in terms of accountability or audittability? >> the legal goal is to have audit-ready statements by 2017 and secretary panetta said you gotta speed it up for the key statements, the budget of resources which is our statement by 2014 to be audit ready. i'm reasonably kf bent we'll make those. -- confident we'll make those. we've overpromised and underdeliverred on this topic, so i want to be humble and careful. but i'm reasonably confident. i have to say, vago, since my wife is listening, i don't think i'll be the comptroller in 2017, so somebody else is going to have to finish this job. >> let me take you in the last 30 or so seconds we have left as to whether or not the right culture exists for accountability within the department. congressman kauffman is looking at making accountability at all ranks. is the sulture of accountability growing in the pentagon or what has to be done? >> in my experience, fina
the pentagon has been working on this, this has been a priority for you as well. at what point is the department of defense going to come into the 21st century in terms of accountability or audittability? >> the legal goal is to have audit-ready statements by 2017 and secretary panetta said you gotta speed it up for the key statements, the budget of resources which is our statement by 2014 to be audit ready. i'm reasonably kf bent we'll make those. -- confident we'll make those. we've...
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i want to go straight to the pentagon. barbara, what was the senator saying? i know he's talking about the ship heading toward syria. who was on the ship? >> good afternoon. he is talking about some russian ships believed to be headed for syria. several ships that u.s. intelligence is watching carefully. getting some stability into is situation is vital. listen to what senator john mccain had to say about this. >> now we hear reports today of actually russian troops being possibly moved in to syria versus people who are basically without any real means to defend themselves. it's not fair fight. it's not a civil war because all the military strength is on one side and not the other. at least we ought to give them a chance to have a fair fight. >> there is a russian ship that the u.s. is watching carefully. it's in a black sea port in russia by all accounts, but they believe it's been loaded up with a number of weapons. several sources tell us a small number of troops. nobody believes here that they are russian combat troops. they believe a small number of troop
i want to go straight to the pentagon. barbara, what was the senator saying? i know he's talking about the ship heading toward syria. who was on the ship? >> good afternoon. he is talking about some russian ships believed to be headed for syria. several ships that u.s. intelligence is watching carefully. getting some stability into is situation is vital. listen to what senator john mccain had to say about this. >> now we hear reports today of actually russian troops being possibly...
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even though it was supported by the obama administration and by the bush administration and by the pentagon and by the navy and by republicans you might have heard of named henry kissinger, george schultz, colin powell, condoleezza rice. their arguments were no match in the senate for the conspiracy theorists who told republican senators they ought to vote against this thing because, you know, black helicopters or whatever, one world government. occasionally, the conspiracy theories on the right travel even further than to the main stream of republican politics as they did on that issue today. occasionally, the far right conspiracy theories that animate your crazy uncle who watches fox news all day, occasionally, they escape our borders which is when it starts to hit the fan, and that's what just happened. that's coming up. stay with us. >>> if we exclude people in prison and we exclude people who are not well known, people who are not famous. a universe of people in this country who are well known people and who are not incarcerated, of that universe of people, if you were running for offi
even though it was supported by the obama administration and by the bush administration and by the pentagon and by the navy and by republicans you might have heard of named henry kissinger, george schultz, colin powell, condoleezza rice. their arguments were no match in the senate for the conspiracy theorists who told republican senators they ought to vote against this thing because, you know, black helicopters or whatever, one world government. occasionally, the conspiracy theories on the...
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tuesday and 15 hours on wednesday agreeing on the eight-year contract, the longest ever for referees with pentagons and retirement benefits spelled out and a new salary structure from last year's average of $149,000 to $173,000 next year and $205,000 a year in 2019. the commission are says this is a deal that had to get done but it doesn't mean there won't be more bad calls ahead. >> sports are not perfect. life is not perfect. that is why we love sports. you always want did try to avoid the controversial plays particularly at the end of a game. i asked the commissioner if he was relieves and he admitted he was tired and was relieved. >>shepard: the players must be relieved? rick: they are. we have been reading some their tweets including green bay packers guard who after the debacle tweeted out "gained 90,000 followers," last neat it was re-tweeted 70,000 times writing "good to see the regular refs coming back, i'm sure the scabs are disappointed they have to return to their jobs at footlocker." if you wonder, the commissioner says the real refs are in shape, they take a lot of pride in their work
tuesday and 15 hours on wednesday agreeing on the eight-year contract, the longest ever for referees with pentagons and retirement benefits spelled out and a new salary structure from last year's average of $149,000 to $173,000 next year and $205,000 a year in 2019. the commission are says this is a deal that had to get done but it doesn't mean there won't be more bad calls ahead. >> sports are not perfect. life is not perfect. that is why we love sports. you always want did try to avoid...
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on the grounds here, you have a stone from the pentagon and a beam from the world trade center. that reminds us of our resolve as a people. they remind us that when we come together as one people and one community, one nation, then we prevail. that is who we are. this is a nation that exists because generations of american work to build it. a nation where out of many, we come together as one. those are the values that every veteran understands. those are values that this fire station understands. we have got to make sure that we return to those values. we do, then i guarantee you we will remind everybody around the world just why it is the united states is the greatest country on earth. thank you very much, everybody. god bless america. [applause] c-s [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] [applause] >> now, house republican leaders respond to the january unemployment numbers. this is about 20 minutes. >> good morning, everyone. i am sure you are surprised to see me be first. we are going to shake things u
on the grounds here, you have a stone from the pentagon and a beam from the world trade center. that reminds us of our resolve as a people. they remind us that when we come together as one people and one community, one nation, then we prevail. that is who we are. this is a nation that exists because generations of american work to build it. a nation where out of many, we come together as one. those are the values that every veteran understands. those are values that this fire station...
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we're going to take you live in just a bit to a pentagon news briefing. the pentagon today reportedly recommending to congress that women ab lobe allowed to serve more jobs closer to the front line. they say the change would open up 14,000 additional jobs to women. we'll have that news conference live for you at 3:30 eastern here on c-span3. >> when i first started the book, i also thought this must be an american story. this is about a country that wore ships the religion of self reliance and individualism. this is the legacy of roe and emerson. but it comes out that we're laggereds. it's even more common in japan. >> on "afterwards" in, "going solo," they look at the growing trend of american adults choosing to live alone and what that means for the country saturday night at 10:00 eastern. also this weekend on book tv, sunday at 3:00, the second cousin of former secretary of state couldnndoleeza rice and starting a dialogue between gang leaders and police. georgetown university's bonnie morris on her one-woman play and book of the same name, "revenge of
we're going to take you live in just a bit to a pentagon news briefing. the pentagon today reportedly recommending to congress that women ab lobe allowed to serve more jobs closer to the front line. they say the change would open up 14,000 additional jobs to women. we'll have that news conference live for you at 3:30 eastern here on c-span3. >> when i first started the book, i also thought this must be an american story. this is about a country that wore ships the religion of self...
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>>guest: in the case of exxonmobil they have huge, huge numbers but the pentagon of profitability over many years, it falls in the manufacturing average of about 5 percent to 6 percent, nothing unusual. >>neil: this is a p.r. part of this. and the p.r. -- well, they are going after this guy for using, the crucified term as they should. and the oil companies are hardly slackers when it comes to making money hand over 50 to a lot of democrats and a lot of liberals, a lot of environmentalists, the epa, maybe, just as, if not more offensive. what do you say? >>guest: that's because it takes a practical mind to understand we how the industry works and how profits occur if an industry that has all kinds of capital expenses and pays all kinds of taxes to the government for which people should celebrate those profits because it goes right back into more capital for more energy. and at a time of high prices, what we need are profitable companies pouring their profits into capital investment to officer supply. income, if the government would get out of the way of some of the opportunities to inc
>>guest: in the case of exxonmobil they have huge, huge numbers but the pentagon of profitability over many years, it falls in the manufacturing average of about 5 percent to 6 percent, nothing unusual. >>neil: this is a p.r. part of this. and the p.r. -- well, they are going after this guy for using, the crucified term as they should. and the oil companies are hardly slackers when it comes to making money hand over 50 to a lot of democrats and a lot of liberals, a lot of...
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so if we're looking for more air waves, all roads lead back to the pentagon. they've acknowledged that. we heard heard members of the administration acknowledge the government spectrum needs to be repurposed for commercial use. really what brendan was talking about the shift from video over cable connection to consuming on a tablet computer or smartphone. that's driving the change in bandwidth. people want to watch video on their ipad and we have to make it work. >> the broadcasters will be reluctant, and when local stations start closing, we may hear something from congress. that's what we're talking about here, is local stations going out of business in exchange for money so their air waves can be given the wire carriers. >> the issue of the inseptembertive auctions of spectrum doesn't have the political divide that say a cybersecurity issue has. those parties supported the idea of the incentive auction, and recognized the need to get more spectrum out on the market for wireless companies to provide these services, which people want ask are clamoring for. at
so if we're looking for more air waves, all roads lead back to the pentagon. they've acknowledged that. we heard heard members of the administration acknowledge the government spectrum needs to be repurposed for commercial use. really what brendan was talking about the shift from video over cable connection to consuming on a tablet computer or smartphone. that's driving the change in bandwidth. people want to watch video on their ipad and we have to make it work. >> the broadcasters will...
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there's a current study going on at the pentagon and as a follow on to the new s.t.a.r.t. treaty as to where we can go next. there's a debate as if we should go lower which capped the strategic stockpile at 1,050 war heads. some people say we should go lower. a couple of weeks ago, one of -- jim miller who's a pentagon official said he believes that, you know, we could maintain our security with potentially smaller numbers. so that's the direction that they're going. there's a lot of republicans who feel we need to put the brakes on. make sure that we're modernizing and there's a tremendous debate going on in congress about what's the right path forward and some of the budget cutbacks have not helped the administration's case recently. >> glenn, democratic caller, bennington, vermont. good morning. >> caller: good morning. how are you? thank you for taking my call. >> please go ahead. >> caller: todd, i was wondering what your knowledge is on broken arrow incidents and what current effort on the part of the dod is to monitor those sites and possibly recover any material th
there's a current study going on at the pentagon and as a follow on to the new s.t.a.r.t. treaty as to where we can go next. there's a debate as if we should go lower which capped the strategic stockpile at 1,050 war heads. some people say we should go lower. a couple of weeks ago, one of -- jim miller who's a pentagon official said he believes that, you know, we could maintain our security with potentially smaller numbers. so that's the direction that they're going. there's a lot of...
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cuts from the pentagon budget. and then the 2013 budget as looking like this. 525 billion, down six from 2012 -- i just want to focus on the army to begin with. what the army chief of staff told reporters in late january. he is ok with the situation, reducing troops in the army. i want to get your reaction. [video clip] >> the thought process is we would still boost ability but on a much smaller scale and rely more on other partners to assist us. so, we know we have a lot of uncertainty out there. if, in fact, we end up having to do enlarged scales stability operation, we will depend on our ability to reversed and expand which should be highly dependent on the reserve promote -- component initially an order for them to help us meet the initial requirements, which should then by us time to look at expanding the army again. that is the thought process. i feel comfortable with that strategy. host: are you comfortable with it? guest: i worry about it. if you take it together, the proposal is to cut 100,000 from the arm
cuts from the pentagon budget. and then the 2013 budget as looking like this. 525 billion, down six from 2012 -- i just want to focus on the army to begin with. what the army chief of staff told reporters in late january. he is ok with the situation, reducing troops in the army. i want to get your reaction. [video clip] >> the thought process is we would still boost ability but on a much smaller scale and rely more on other partners to assist us. so, we know we have a lot of uncertainty...
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military later this morning in the pentagon press briefing room. the plan is expected to include a revamped strategy which takes defense budget cuts, some large ones, into account. six-term utah senator orrin hatch will indeed get a primary challenge, it looks like. dan liljenqist is officially in the race one month after leaving his seat in the state senate. we shall see what happens. they, of course, have that c convention process that whistles things down. if you don't get enough at the convention, enough support, then you would be off to a primary and congresswoman gabrielle giffords will attend a weekend vigil marking anniversary of the 2011 tucson shooting that left six dead and 13 injured, including the congresswoman. >>> well, the rick perry campaign is following their candidate's lead mobilize foorg strong push in south carolina that they hope will give the texas governor some moemt momentum to get back in the race. carrie dann joins me on the phone now from austin, texas, where the reassessment was supposed to take place. carrie, first of
military later this morning in the pentagon press briefing room. the plan is expected to include a revamped strategy which takes defense budget cuts, some large ones, into account. six-term utah senator orrin hatch will indeed get a primary challenge, it looks like. dan liljenqist is officially in the race one month after leaving his seat in the state senate. we shall see what happens. they, of course, have that c convention process that whistles things down. if you don't get enough at the...
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. >> the battle over major cuts to pentagon funding and social programs. this is "special report." ♪ ♪ >> greg: there is a mayor -- >> bret: there is a major fight in congress on how much money is spent on defense. a cut this one general likened to imminent peril of greek legend. mike emanuel tells us what we have now. >> if we didn't have it over our head we'd be in better shape. >> general lloyd austin issued that warning to lawmakers as the pentagon is due to take a brunt of $110 billion in mandtory spending cut in january. the vice chief of naval construction would limit the hot spots around the world. >> it would cause us to look at the strategy. the force from the sequestration is not a force to support the current strategy we are operating under. >> reporter: house republicans are trying to prevent it from happening by trimming a bill they call bloated programs to stop slashing the military budget. >> not only does it hallow out defense, it creates 8% across the board cut to domestic discriminatiodiscriminatory spe. >> democrat ospose the measur
. >> the battle over major cuts to pentagon funding and social programs. this is "special report." ♪ ♪ >> greg: there is a mayor -- >> bret: there is a major fight in congress on how much money is spent on defense. a cut this one general likened to imminent peril of greek legend. mike emanuel tells us what we have now. >> if we didn't have it over our head we'd be in better shape. >> general lloyd austin issued that warning to lawmakers as the...
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. >> bob, you have been talking to sources at the pentagon. you say the u.s. is really at a standoff here. how so? >> it's in a standoff, anderson, because the fbi and the military have decided they have to go in with extra protection. the military wanted to send in a special package which would have included counter battery because remember, the annex was attacked by mortars. this was a military attack, well planned. the military and the fbi don't know what they're up against in benghazi and they have to go, you know, with a lot of force on the ground. >> when you say counter battery, you mean capable of returning fire and mortar attack? >> returning fire, yes, exactly. because if they've got the coordinates of that consulate and they start shooting again at the fbi and the military, they're going to have to be able to defend themselves. the libyans are saying we can do fine but why should we trust the libyans at this point. on the other hand, look at it from the libyan position. it's a weak government and having a significant military force on the ground in
. >> bob, you have been talking to sources at the pentagon. you say the u.s. is really at a standoff here. how so? >> it's in a standoff, anderson, because the fbi and the military have decided they have to go in with extra protection. the military wanted to send in a special package which would have included counter battery because remember, the annex was attacked by mortars. this was a military attack, well planned. the military and the fbi don't know what they're up against in...
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yesterday the pentagon released a statement saying it will not reclassify it. >>> two teenaged brothers charged with murdering a new jersey girl because they wanted her bike. nearly a,000 people pack add church last night to remember autumn pasquale. she was last seen 12 years old leaving home on other bmx bikes. a 15-year-old and 17-year-old lured autumn to their home promising to trade bike parts then they strangled her and dumped her body in a recycling bin. >> it is pretty pathetic. it is sad. we want to know the reasons why. >> she was an angel here on earth. she is an angel up in heaven. >> horrible story. the teen's mother helped track the case actually telling police about a suspicious post on one boy's facebook page. they found autumn's bike and other belongings in the teen's home. >> another former teammate of lance armstrong admits to doping. he says he decided to come clean because of the recent doping allegations against armstrong's u.s. team. he was on his team in 2000 and 2001. he was stripped of his 7 tour defrance titles this week. >>> 13 days left to the presidential e
yesterday the pentagon released a statement saying it will not reclassify it. >>> two teenaged brothers charged with murdering a new jersey girl because they wanted her bike. nearly a,000 people pack add church last night to remember autumn pasquale. she was last seen 12 years old leaving home on other bmx bikes. a 15-year-old and 17-year-old lured autumn to their home promising to trade bike parts then they strangled her and dumped her body in a recycling bin. >> it is pretty...
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every budget cycle in washington the pentagon submits a budget of what the generals and admirals and military leaders say we need for national security and members of congress add spending on top of that and that's spending added above and beyond what the pentagon asks for ought to be subject to heightened scrutiny as not being necessary for our national security. >> thank you, mr. cruz. >> governor dewhurst, same question about iraq and afghanistan. >> i think we went into both countries for the right purposes. we went into afghanistan weeks after 9/11 to search out and destroy the taliban, and al qaeda, and that was a noble purpose after 9/11. the problem is that we weren't able to continue what we were doing. we got safe havens in the northwestern part of pakistan, where the al qaeda troops are almost immune from retaliation other than the occasional drones. in iraq, we went into iraq, i believe, based on the information in front of democrats and republicans at the time, for the right reason. it looked as if there were weapons of mass destruction, but i think the obama administrat
every budget cycle in washington the pentagon submits a budget of what the generals and admirals and military leaders say we need for national security and members of congress add spending on top of that and that's spending added above and beyond what the pentagon asks for ought to be subject to heightened scrutiny as not being necessary for our national security. >> thank you, mr. cruz. >> governor dewhurst, same question about iraq and afghanistan. >> i think we went into...
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. >> reporter: jake tapper, abc news, at the pentagon. >> love that story. >> so often they just need something to channel their energies and their efforts and passions into. glad to see that program is working out for them. >> very cool story there. >> sweet dogs. dogs that even you can appreciate. >> i do. i do. they are doing a great task there. hard not to love that story. good guys all the way around. >>> coming up next after the break -- the star from "sex and the city" who just had a big life change. update her marital status. >> and why the queen of hip-hop soul is accused of being a deadbeat diva. what? it's all next in "the skinny." >> announcer: abc's "world news now" will continue after this from our abc stations. ♪ skinny so skinny ♪ >>> welcome back, everybody. time for the tuesday "skinny" here. good news to start off with in the romance department this morning. of course, you all remember cynthia nixon from "sex and the city" fame. on sunday, she took a big step here in new york. she got married to her longtime partner christine marinoni. they got married on the 27
. >> reporter: jake tapper, abc news, at the pentagon. >> love that story. >> so often they just need something to channel their energies and their efforts and passions into. glad to see that program is working out for them. >> very cool story there. >> sweet dogs. dogs that even you can appreciate. >> i do. i do. they are doing a great task there. hard not to love that story. good guys all the way around. >>> coming up next after the break -- the...
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. >>> and a milestone for the pentagon. we're going to tell you how it plans to honor its gay and lesbian troops. >>> and from a hit super bowl commercial to a real-life medical drama, the little boy who cap vated the country as a minidarth vader has major surgery. ♪ oh! [ baby crying ] ♪ what started as a whisper ♪ every day, millions of people choose to do the right thing. ♪ slowly turned to a scream ♪ there's an insurance company that does that, too. liberty mutual insurance. responsibility. what's your policy? ♪ amen, omen [ male announcer ] we believe in thinking day and night... about your dog's nutrition. like the dual-defense antioxidants in our food that work around the clock... supporting your dog's immune system on the inside... while helping to keep his skin and coat healthy on the outside. with this kind of thinking going into our food... imagine all the goodness that can come out of it. just one way we're making the world a better place... one pet at a time. purina one smartblend. so i wasn't playi
. >>> and a milestone for the pentagon. we're going to tell you how it plans to honor its gay and lesbian troops. >>> and from a hit super bowl commercial to a real-life medical drama, the little boy who cap vated the country as a minidarth vader has major surgery. ♪ oh! [ baby crying ] ♪ what started as a whisper ♪ every day, millions of people choose to do the right thing. ♪ slowly turned to a scream ♪ there's an insurance company that does that, too. liberty...
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with regard to iran you i think the president and pentagon do not want war with iran, but there are people in this country certain lynette net and his allies in the united states on the threat to build nuclear weapons by iran, i think the president doesn't want to fight another war. i think he is right in. that we have to engage in nation building at home, she right in tune with the american people. >> i think it's very clear the weak american leadership sent a signal to the middle east that we don't want to lead. iraq, one of more tragic aspects we lost over 4,000 brave young americans. we intended to leave a residual force. president didn't want to see it happen. we see iraq unrafblg. we see a dramatic increase to violence. they just condemned their vice president to death. al-qaeda is now set up training camps in western iraq. iranian airplanes are flying iraq from syria and our failure to intervene in any way and establishing a safe zone, al-qaeda is coming in there in droves. when this thing ends and all conflicts do end, we're going to have one heck of a time with the al-qaeda elemen
with regard to iran you i think the president and pentagon do not want war with iran, but there are people in this country certain lynette net and his allies in the united states on the threat to build nuclear weapons by iran, i think the president doesn't want to fight another war. i think he is right in. that we have to engage in nation building at home, she right in tune with the american people. >> i think it's very clear the weak american leadership sent a signal to the middle east...
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i'm a professional logostitian, served in the pentagon for two years as chief in logistics and before that, general petraeus' logistics officer iraq c-4. >> in your statement you said you didn't think this pipeline was in our national security interest. you said that america's oil dependence threatens our national security. is this a concern? >> i don't think so. although i'm not sure i can call myself a national security expert. i am an expert in regards to experiencing the operational impacts of our oil addiction in iraq and afghanistan. i still do work in afghanistan. i still -- i spent quite a bit of time over there. we haven't changed at all in ten years. we're still incredibly wasteful and inefficient and we don't have any renewable energy technologies that i believe we need to save soldiers' lives. >> this is not oil that is going to be put through a pipeline through the united states. this is a different kind of oil. it comes from tar sands. and, therefore, can have problems in the pipeline. the transcondition da has one pipeline. it's been around for i think a year and a half
i'm a professional logostitian, served in the pentagon for two years as chief in logistics and before that, general petraeus' logistics officer iraq c-4. >> in your statement you said you didn't think this pipeline was in our national security interest. you said that america's oil dependence threatens our national security. is this a concern? >> i don't think so. although i'm not sure i can call myself a national security expert. i am an expert in regards to experiencing the...